You can't get pregnant from "legitimate rape" -- oh, okay. Thanks Akin!

[archibaldcrane]

The attempt to say "no I meant forcible rape, not legitimate" has got to have Paul Ryan slamming his head on his desk screaming "DROP THE FUCK OUT NOW I'M IN THE CROSSHAIRS YOU STUPID FUCK!"

[Stumblingdrunk]

[Ashmada]

What the fuck is a false rape?

The things being said by this douche just boggle the mind. Really my mind has been boggled.

Well, a woman that pretends having been raped so she can have an abortion.

How else can you interpret "legitimate rape"? I never seriously entertained the thought he meant "legitimately-sanctioned rape", didn't think anyone did.
So his explanation is probably true (and shouldn't have been necessary), but no less stupid and assholish. Srsly, what kind of an asshole tells a rape victim "you're just faking it to have an abortion"?

[Xno Kappa]

I wonder how much the democrats paid this guy off.

[Outlaw]

This is the only thing news channels are talking about..

I want to quote the original OP:

His claim about “legitimate” types of rape is not completely foreign to the current Republican Congress, however. In 2011, the House GOP was forced to drop language from a bill that would have limited federal help to pay for an abortion to only victims of “forcible rape.” Akin was a co-sponsor on the bill.

It scares me that this was actually in a bill before congress. How is rape not forcible?! It disgusts me that these guys get re-elected over and over.. and over again.

[Outlaw]

This is the only thing news channels are talking about..

I want to quote the original OP:

His claim about “legitimate” types of rape is not completely foreign to the current Republican Congress, however. In 2011, the House GOP was forced to drop language from a bill that would have limited federal help to pay for an abortion to only victims of “forcible rape.” Akin was a co-sponsor on the bill.

It scares me that this was actually in a bill before congress. How is rape not forcible?! It disgusts me that these guys get re-elected over and over.. and over again.

[Outlaw]

Double post sorry >< Did that too me earlier. Forums are being weird today.

[Plow]

am I the only one slightly disturbed by how much some people (particularly msnbc and especially maddow) are throwing around the phrase "rape baby"?

[Stumblingdrunk]

By disturbed do you mean aroused?

[Demosthenes11]

why is "rape baby" disturbing? A child of rape is a "rape baby."

do you just dislike the term because "rape" is negative and "baby" is positive?

[Kuya]

Wellllllll, i get how it might be insensitive to say that when there are actually people who exist who are a product of rape.

[Stromgarde]

How is rape not forcible?!

Statutory?

[Stromgarde]

Double posting for everyone today it seems.

[Plow]

why is "rape baby" disturbing? A child of rape is a "rape baby."

do you just dislike the term because "rape" is negative and "baby" is positive?

Rachel Maddow's words:

"Forced childbearing against their will for victims of rape and incest."

That's pretty fucked up.

You don't need to insult children that are the result of rape to come to that conclusion.

[Plow]

why is "rape baby" disturbing? A child of rape is a "rape baby."

do you just dislike the term because "rape" is negative and "baby" is positive?

Rachel Maddow's words:

"Forced childbearing against their will for victims of rape and incest."

That's pretty fucked up.

You don't need to insult children that are the result of rape to come to that conclusion.

[Lucavi]

DOUBLE COMBO~!!

[Zilong]

do you just dislike the term because "rape" is negative and "baby" is positive?

It seem to work the other way around for me, does that make me a bad person?

[Drex]

It scares me that this was actually in a bill before congress. How is rape not forcible?! It disgusts me that these guys get re-elected over and over.. and over again.

Don't be silly, you can always vote government representatives out of office if you don't like them, I'm frequently assured

[Plow]

Well, a woman that pretends having been raped so she can have an abortion.

How else can you interpret "legitimate rape"? I never seriously entertained the thought he meant "legitimately-sanctioned rape", didn't think anyone did.
So his explanation is probably true (and shouldn't have been necessary), but no less stupid and assholish. Srsly, what kind of an asshole tells a rape victim "you're just faking it to have an abortion"?

also something I find really disturbing is the way he said "let's say that didn't work or something..."

it's one thing to imply that women are faking rape to get abortions...

he could almost kind of make some kind of point about a woman's body not cooperating real well if it's like... a violent, forceful rape

but it's insanely scary to me that while the "fake rape" thing is so obviously offensive, there's not enough being said, imo, to the implication that "non-violent" rape is somehow not really rape and should be treated differently


like, he's "backpedaling" by trying to revert to the "forcible" terminology which is exactly that

[Eurell]

Maybe I missed it, but with all the corrections he's making about forcible/legitimate/fake rape, has he once admitted that he's a fucking idiot in the regards of his retarded claim about woman shutting down the pregnancy?